Language Classes in Washington, DC

This is a 6 week session focusing on the introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture. You will develop a strong basic ASLary (OUR word for vocabuarly) ASL Structure, syntax, and grammar. Will learn numbers 1-100, visual discrimination, spatial referencing, practice fingerspelling and begin to understand the use of space and gestures. You...

Students will learn how to communicate with a deaf person as well as to use American Sign Language in their every day lives. This class would be a beginning course designed to develop skills in a form of manual communication used primarily by American-born deaf people. We will put emphasis on the use of the body for visually based communication,...

Work on the future, preterit, and imperfect tenses, and expand vocabulary and conversational skills

Continue work on irregular verbs and reflexive verbs in the present, near future and present progressive.

This conversation-based class is designed for advanced students seeking to improve their fluency.

Whether you are preparing for a trip abroad or just interested in checking out a new language, this workshop is for you.  Our travel workshops take you through the vocabulary and phrases you will need to get through a couple of typical travel situations and equip you with a few cross cultural tips.

This class reviews passé composé, imparfait and future, and introduces subjunctive in addition to focusing on conversation and reading comprehension skills.

Now that you have a base for ASL and Deaf culture, this course will take your language to a more intense level. You will be exposed to the importance of storytelling and comparing the differences between hearing and Deaf cultures, NMS and ASLary will be explored in greater depth and combined to show the grammatical features of American Sign Language....

From this level onwards you will be using your conversational skills and advance your proficiency in the language of ASL related to variety of topics. You will start identifying countries, learn about basic money and use classifiers to describe traveling all over the world! You will use classifiers to tell stories and focus on grammatical features...

This course reviews present, present continuous, and near future.

Level 5 further instructs advanced grammar and syntax, while introducing semantics with focus on topicalization, conjunctions and distributional aspects. Note: If you have not taken a class with us before, please reach out for a placement interview. Additional Fee: Required $25 E-notes per semester to be purchased directly at SLC. The E-Notes...

Conversation classes use a “natural” conversation mode in order to increase fluency. Heavy concentration will be placed on telling stories that are clear, coherent, interesting and culturally appropriate. Note: If you have not taken a class with us before, please reach out for a placement interview. Additional Fee: Required $25 E-notes per...

Whether you are preparing for a trip abroad or just interested in checking out a new language, this workshop is for you.  Our travel workshops take you through the vocabulary and phrases you will need to get through a couple of typical travel situations and equip you with a few cross cultural tips.